NGC6620 (Planetary nebula)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6620 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:25 (PDT), 28° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:48, 29° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 22:56, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
NGC6620
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Object type
Planetary nebula
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Position
| Right ascension: | 18h22m [1] |
| Declination: | −26°49' [1] |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Magnitude: | 12.70 (V) [1] 15.00 (B) [1] 13.63 (J) [1] 13.73 (H) [1] 12.80 (K) [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 2.30 |
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